A comparrison between cooking frogs and a sick, Godless society.
The songs of songwriter Russell J Adams from Lawrenceville, GA
Heart felt describes the way I've approached songwritng ever since I first started writing lyrics in 1977. Crafting thought provoking lyrics then combining them with exciting music to deliver the songs message has always been the goal of every songwriter, myself included.
Story behind the song
Why The Water Isn’t Fine
(An explanation to the song, “The Water’s Fine”)
By: Russell J. Adams, August 6, 2005
The lyrics for this song cause most everyone who hears it to misunderstand it. They think that since I’m a Christian and that this is a “Christian song,” that the song is somehow about inviting non-Christians to “come and join us.” Plus they have great difficulty with the lines containing the phrases “Religious Freak,” “Holy Crap,” and “Bring me another beer.” Allow me to set the record straight
If you understand how a frog is cooked, then you understand the song. Frogs must be cooked alive to be eatable afterwards. If you put a live frog in a pot of boiling water, he’ll jump right out. SO, you put the live frog in a pot of cold water, which he likes, then ever so slowly you increase the heat to the point of boiling the frog to death. Why doesn’t he jump out of the pot? Because he keeps re-acclimating himself to the temperature of the water, getting used to it as it gets warmer and warmer. All the way up to the point where he suddenly realizes that it’s too hot, then it’s too late. By then his poor little muscles can no longer respond because the heat has paralyzed them. He then cooks to death and is afterwards devoured.
You see, the song is written from a non-Christian (sinners) viewpoint as a parallel to cooking a frog. The sinner, like the frog, is the one who is in the “pool.” He’s drowning in this “pool,” all while thinking he’s “Having a real good time.” He doesn’t understand why the Christian is being such a “Religious Freak” and seemingly objecting to everything he sees as fun. So he continues to invite the Christian to join him in his “fun.” Did you notice that at the end of the song, the singer is sounding more “relaxed?” It’s because his “pool” has become so warm that he’s drifting off to sleep. Eternal sleep. Afterwards he is devoured by the flames of Hell.
As Christians, we must never forget that Christ has bought us with the price of his own blood, making us precious to himself. Therefore we must constantly be alert to the things in this life that cause us to loose fellowship with Him, things that non-Christians see as ok. Some of which may not be “sinful,” yet would grieve the heart of the one who died for us if we participated in them. But non-Christians don’t understand this and only see us as being overly religious. They constantly invite us to join them in their fun attempting to convince us that “Nothing is wrong, so it must be you.” Over and over they invite us to “Come on in the pool, the water’s fine.” When in fact, the water is not fine, it’s killing them. Our job is to reach out to them in love and help them to see the desperate situation they are in and in some cases to snatch them out of the “pool” before it’s too late.
So what’s the point of the song? It’s two-fold. First, never forget that the enemy of our souls, the Devil, seeks to destroy us in any way he can. So be vigilant. Guard your hearts and minds against his attempts to trick you and trip you up. You can do so by praying and reading the Word of God and on a daily basis. Second, we have a job to do in spreading the Gospel where ever we go. To be a witness to the love that has forever changed our lives and kept us from being just another dead frog to be devoured in Hell.
Stay out of the pool little frogs, it’s a death trap.
Lyrics
The Water’s Fine
-Vs.1-
Come on in the pool, the water’s fine,
Just sit back and let yourself relax,
So tense your gonna have a, heart attack
So come on in the pool, the water’s fine.
-Vs.2-
Come on in the pool, the waters fine
I know it seems a little warm at first,
Give it a while, you’ll soon adjust
Come on in the pool man, the water’s fine,
-Break-
-Vs.3-
Come on in the pool, the water’s fine
Grab me some chips and another beer,
Don’t fret over how long I’ve been here
Just come on in the pool, the water’s fine.
-Vs.4-
Now come on in the pool Dude, the water’s fine
Must you question everything I do?
Nothing is wrong, so it, it must be you
Come on in the pool Dude, the water’s fine.
-Break-
-Bridge-
I wish you would stop this, silly arguing
And cut out all of this, “Holy” crap,
You’ve gotta have a LITTLE bit of fun
Before it’s time for, YOUR dirt nap.
-Vs.5-
Come on in the pool, the water’s fine
Jump on in before I, grab your feet,
Stop being such a “religious freak”
Come on in the pool, the water’s fine.
-Wrap up-
I’m screaming ‘cause you must be deaf
Now leave me while I, get some rest,
I said the water’s fine.
The water’s fine.
The water, is so fine.
The water’s fine.
